REPORT ON LINUS CARL PAULING: INTRODUCTION: Linus Carl Pauling, revolutionized the study of chemistry, helped found the field of molecular biology, and made important advances in medical research. This man was a peace activist whose advances changed the way we think and live. BACKGROUND: Linus Pauling was born on the 28th of February 1901 in Portland, Oregon, to a self-taught druggist, Herman Henry William Pauling, and Isabelle Pauling. At age 14, a visit with a friend who …
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…of his long career he wrote more than five hundred papers and eleven books and won every important prize awarded in his field. Because of his dynamic personality and his many accomplishments in widely diverse fields, it is hard to define Linus Pauling adequately. A remarkable man who insistently addressed certain crucial human problems while pursuing an amazing array of scientific interests. He is considered the most significant and most unique man of his generation.